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From: souris@netcom.com (Henry Hillbrath)
Subject: Re: Why is France systematically excluded?
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Date: Sat, 24 Aug 1996 21:53:56 GMT
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murray@macpro.ca (Murray Kastner) writes:

[snip]

>Some may not be aware of it but we in North America came very close to
>German as the lingua franca.

There is a very often repeated myth that German was rejected at the 
"official language" of the U. S. by a single vote. But, it is a myth, and 
has been much discussed (beaten to death)  in the urban legend group.

Henry Hillbrath
